Baseball player Jose Offerman

Baseball player Jose Offerman

Long Island Newsday/ Video image courtesy of News 12 TV Long Island.

Baseball player Jose Offerman Jose Offerman, of the Long Island Ducks, is arrested on assault charges after an Atlantic League baseball game in Bridgeport, Conn., on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2007. Hit by a fastball, Offerman, a two-time MLB All-Star, charged the mound with his bat and swung at least twice, allegedly striking two opposing players. Bridgeport catcher John Nathans got a concussion likely to sideline him for the rest of the season; pitcher Matt Beech wound up with a broken finger. The independent Atlantic League suspended him indefinitely. "It was one of those moments that you want to forget. I lost it for about 10 seconds," Offerman told the Connecticut Post.

Baseball player Jose Offerman Jose Offerman, of the Long Island Ducks, is arrested on assault charges after an Atlantic League baseball game in Bridgeport, Conn., on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2007. Hit by a fastball, Offerman, a two-time MLB All-Star, charged the mound with his bat and swung at least twice, allegedly striking two opposing players. Bridgeport catcher John Nathans got a concussion likely to sideline him for the rest of the season; pitcher Matt Beech wound up with a broken finger. The independent Atlantic League suspended him indefinitely. "It was one of those moments that you want to forget. I lost it for about 10 seconds," Offerman told the Connecticut Post. (Long Island Newsday/ Video image courtesy of News 12 TV Long Island.)

Baseball player Jose Offerman Jose Offerman, of the Long Island Ducks, is arrested on assault charges after an Atlantic League baseball game in Bridgeport, Conn., on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2007. Hit by a fastball, Offerman, a two-time MLB All-Star, charged the mound with his bat and swung at least twice, allegedly striking two opposing players. Bridgeport catcher John Nathans got a concussion likely to sideline him for the rest of the season; pitcher Matt Beech wound up with a broken finger. The independent Atlantic League suspended him indefinitely. "It was one of those moments that you want to forget. I lost it for about 10 seconds," Offerman told the Connecticut Post.